Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 42

Veterans' Affairs

←42.300

Section 42.310.1

42.315→

August 28, 2015

Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn medallion, medal and certificate, to whom awarded.

42.310. 1. There is hereby created within the state adjutant

general's office the "Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn

Medallion Program". Every veteran who honorably served on active duty in

the United States military service at any time beginning March 19, 2003,

and ending December 15, 2011, shall be entitled to receive an Operation

Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn medallion, medal, and certificate of

appreciation under this section, provided that:



(1) Such veteran is a legal resident of this state or was a legal

resident of this state at the time he or she entered or was discharged from

military service or at the time of his or her death or such veteran served

in a unit of the Missouri National Guard regardless of whether such veteran

is or ever was a legal resident of this state; and



(2) Such veteran was honorably separated or discharged from military

service, is still in active service in an honorable status, or was in

active service in an honorable status at the time of his or her death.



2. The Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn medallion,

medal, and certificate shall be awarded regardless of whether such veteran

served within the United States or in a foreign country. The medallion,

medal, and certificate shall be awarded regardless of whether such veteran

was under eighteen years of age at the time of enlistment. For purposes of

this section, "veteran" means any person defined as a veteran by the United

States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency.



(L. 2014 S.B. 600)







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